Gage for brake-beams.



c. H. WILLIAMS, JR. GAGE FOB. BRAKE BEAMS.

` APPLICATION FILED DEO.4, 1911.

1,078,649. Patented. Nov. 18, 1913.

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CHARLES II. WILLIAMS, In., CE CIIIcr-IGC, ILLINOIS, nsssnon 'ro CHICAGO RAILWAY EQUIPMENT ooiurnnr, or Cn'Icaoo, ILLINoIs, e-ooarona'rion or ILLINOIS.

i Specification of Letters Patent.

GAGE' ron BEAKEEEAMS.

Patented Nev. Is, Isis.

` at Chicago, Illinois, have invented a certain new and useful lmprovement in Gages for Brake-Beams, of which the following is a full, Clear, and exact description, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertainssto make and use the same, rererence being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which- Figure l is a top plan view of my improved gage for brake beams showing the same in position on a brake beam, the latter being shown in dotted lines. Fig. 2 is a front elevational view or the same'. F ig. 3

is a view partly in section on line 3--3 ofV Fig. 2 and showing the right hand brake head in section.

This invention relates to a new and useful improvement in gages for brake beams, the object being to provide a gageo the character described which will enable the manuracturers or brake beams, and others, to determine whether or not the several dimensions ot' the beam are up to speciedrequirements. i

By the use of my improved gage, l am able to'gage vthe 'following dimensions of both right and left hand brake-beams; the distancesbetween the centers of the brake heads; the size of the shoe-key openings in the brake heads; the thickness of the walls of the key lugs; the proper alinement or the bra-kel heads; the relation of the faces of the heads to the horizontal plane of the strut; the central position of the strut, both with respect to the heads, and the compression and tension members; the angularity'or the race or the strut where the brake lever passes through; the proper position or the pin hole; the size of the pin hole; and the interrelation of all of theVv above mentioned parts to one another.

All or the above dimensions have hereto sion member, 2 the tension member, 3 the strut, which, in practice, is slotted for the passage of a brake lever, which brake lever is intended to lie at an Vangle of 4l() degrees, being held in position in the slot or the strut by a pin, shown in dotted lines in Fig. 2,

vwhich passes through the pin hole 3a; and 4, `brake heads on the ends or the beam whose races are provided with shoe key lugs --a through which the shoe-key, not shown,

passes to secure the brake shoe, also not .y vsho-wn, 1n position.

My improved gage comprises a rod 5 on the ends of which are head pieces G, these' head pieces having over -hanging hook shaped projections 6a which are intended to be received by theopenings in the shoe-key lugs and thereby gage the size of said openings and also the distance between the centers of the brake heads. These head pieces -are also provided with projections 6l which rest against the outer faces or the upper shoe-key lugs of the brake head where they cooperate with the projections 6a to determine the thickness of the outer wall of the shoe-key lugs. The head pieces are also provided with downwardly extending projections terminating in contact points 6 which are intended to rest against the outer faces of the lower shoe-key lugs and in this manner, and by cooperating with the contacts 6b, determine whether or not the brake heads are in proper alinement.

Any space between any one or the four contact points 6b and 6 and the shoe key lug with which it is designed to cooperate indicates that the brake heads have been twisted out of alinement and require adjustment. y rIhe central portion of the rod is preterably provided with a longitudinally disposed groove 5a in which is receivedthe end of a. screw 7F passing through the collar of a longitudinally movable angulated gage plate 7. This plate 7 is arranged at the proper angle tok which the race of the strut should be set and is provided with an opening 7b which -should properly register with the pin hole in the strut when the strut is in correct position. There areV preferably two of these angulated gage plates mounted on the rod in order that right, and left-hand beams may be gaged by the same instrument.

The rod 5 is preferably marked at a point to which 4the gage plate 7 sho-uld be moved in its proper relationto the strut to determine the central position of the strut.

The angulation .of plate 7' should. correspond to the angulation of the strut and a test pin, in dotted lines in Fig.V 2, is intended to be used by being passed through the open#v ing 7 b and into the pin hole of the strut to p determine whether or not there is proper registration and whether the pinhole in the' strut is of the proper size. t

While I have shown my improved gage as designed for use in testing trussed brake beams, it is obvious that the princi-ples here 'disclosed may be used in testing what are known as ysolid beams' Y The Master Car Builders allow maximum limits for important dimensions in brake beains which range must not be exceeded. F or instance: la range of one-quam ter (1/4) of an inch is allowed in the length of the beamga range of three thirty-seconds (2i/*32) of an inch is allowed inthiclrness of the Ywall of the key-slot Vlugs on the .brake heads; and a range of one-sixteenth (1/16) of an inch is allowed inboth directions iii theV location of the pin hole.

i proved gagedid'not provide for these varia,-

tions and the lever pin .hole was l/Gll of an inch out, it would be necessary to take another gage .to Lascertain how muchk the pin heads having a plurality of contact points i mitted, my gage will gage it.l

Vhat I claim is ;k

1. In a gage forY brake beams, a support,-

Ving member, gage heads supported thereon, a gage plate on; said supporting member 'iii-v terinediate said heads, saidgageplate being provided with an aperture running obliquely to Ysaid supporting member, and a pin. adapte ed tobe inserted in said aperture.

2. A gage for brake beams comprising the combination of a supporting member, gage heads mounted thereon, each of said gage disposed in a predetermined relationship, and a plate onsaid supportingmember intermediate said gage heads, said plate being provided with an aperture runningy in a f l Y arceiftain` variation or range between `minimum and If my imi predetermined angular rel'atioiiship to. saidy supporting member, anda pin-adapted to be inserted Vin said aperture.

3. In a gage for bra-ke beams, a supporting Y membengage heads supported thereon and spaced apartV from eachy other, Ysaid gage.

heads 1 havingV pro-j ectio'nsfthereon provided Ywith lateral gage faces, and*A adapted to eni gage in the'shoefliey'lugs of Vbrake heads l and'v contact'points on said heads Yspaced I apart from said projections 'and 4adapted VtoVA y engage the Vouter; walls ofthe shoe heyA lugs.

4. A gagefoi` brakegbeains comprising in combination a headprovided `with'alliook member adaptedtoeiigage aj-'key sl-ot of aY brake head, said hook member beingrprovidedV with an innergage lsurface disposed vi'n'faVv predetermined plane, saidhea-d being also provided withl ak contact-'surface fdisvposed acingthe plane of.' said'pinner gage Vsurface, and adapted 4tofceoperate; the outer surface of the shoe-key lug -engaged by the hoolrmember, said head bein-g lfurther provided with a second Contact. sur-acedisposedlfaciiigthe plane of theY inner gage face andadapted to` cooperate with a second key lug, a second head'simil-ar to said head, said heads being disposed'with their hook members, extending-1 the saineY direction V'andineans for supporting said heads apart. from each other.V A.

5. yA. gage for.brakebeamscomprising a supporting member and gage heads supported by said supporting jiiiember apart from leach other, eachof said gage heads VcompriseY -ing a body portion having a lower KVcontact point and' an upper contact point, anda hoolrlike projectionV adapted to cooperate Vwith said upper contact point to yengage a shoe keyV lug' of a brake Yhead to support the Y i gage head ina fixed position thereon, Ythe `correspondingr portionsy of the-gageheads nbeing alined with eachother onf-lines Vpairallel to the supportingl iiieiiibeij.V Y

In testimony whereof I hereunto. aiiix my signature in the presence'of two 'witnesfses, this 17th day otNovemb'er, 1911.

' oHARLns-VirwiLLiiiMs, JR.

lVitnesses; l' l Y E. T. warms, M.VF. -HUNTooN.

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